One of my highlights at the end of each half term is celebrating with our learners who achieve class awards. Well done to all those who were recognised by their teachers as bringing special qualities to class. 🌟 ⭐️ 💫

Tuesday's Step Club was blessed with gorgeous Autumn weather! We enjoyed practising some mindfulness and appreciated nature as we clocked up some steps at lunch time. 🚶‍♀️🌳K.A. English Kelvinside Academy Glasgow Botanic Gdns

The S4 English pupils loved 'Tally's Blood' Cumbernauld Theatre. Thank you so much for a great night! Kelvinside Academy Kelvinside English #theatretrip

Huge well done to Freya and Sam for their fantastic vampire leaflets. Both have been awarded a Faculty Head Commendation. #vampires #Halloween @kelvinside1878

Getting into our Friday Shakespeare groove. 😅 #Shakespeare Kelvinside Academy Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation PSY

S2 were very excited to start using the green screen for their Shakespeare Film Festival interpretation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ today. Kelvinside Academy #english #shakespeare

It was a lot of fun introducing S2 English to Shakespeare today and collaborating on our Shakespeare Spectrum. 📚A great start to our Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation project this year. #thescottishplay #Creative #collaboration

S3 English collaborated on some reading challenges for #WorldBookDay2023 in readiness for our Fiction Prescription presentations. 📕 #collaboration #creativity #edutwitter #readingforpleasure #readersoftwitter #readersbecomeleaders

Throwback to last year’s S3 trip to @RobertBurnsNTS to complete our Tam O’Shanter media project.
#BurnsNight #RobertBurns #Scottish #poet #edutwitter #learningthroughplay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

On #WorldBookDay Senior 3 took their creative genius to @RobertBurnsNTS to complete our Tam O’Shanter project.
#Collaboration #poetry #Creative #learningisfun

Senior 3 Kelvinside English pupils practise recall techniques in the library by writing out from memory lyrics they’ve learned for a class project. Now can you say it faster? Blackalicious #learningthroughplay #collaboration #innovation #rapmusic

Senior 1 embraced today’s reading challenge. Thanks for sharing your shelfies and embracing #remotelearning . 📚 #KAatHome #StayAtHomeSaveLives #collaboration #readingforpleasure

Our S3 pupils continue their success in the English-Speaking Union public speaking comp. The debate was ‘This House would ban cars from the city centre’. Laura VH and James M spoke against the motion and won through to the third round of the competition. #debating #haveyoursay

Three S1 pupils received Rector’s Distinctions for Creativity. In English, S1 analysed Xmas ads with work on morals. Pupils storyboarded adverts but Lorie B, Joshua H and Aryan M created a Lego animated advert highlighting the plight of homeless people. #christmasAd

Great to see our AH English class attend National Theatre to see Ian Rickson’s exquisite production of Brian Friel's masterpiece, Translations. Thank you Mr O’Neil for organising 😊

Thanks to RSM Tom G for sharing insights from his #Remembrance assembly with S1 pupils studying #PrivatePeaceful . #RoleModel #ActiveLiteracy #PeerPower

S2 completed great research in Glasgow Botanic Gdns this morning! Feeling inspired for spooky creative writing! #inspired #creativewriting

It’s Speed Read Dating in S2 this morning. Pupils are sharing their recent reads and collecting lots of ideas for what to read next! #reading #BookReview

We are proud of our pupils who represented Kelvinside Academy at the West of Scotland heats of the Kids’ Lit Quiz The High School of Glasgow today. Special mention goes to the S1 Team who each won a book of their choosing for being top in the Giants round. 📚 👏 #literacy

Good luck to Chevy H from Miss Orr and all of S3 👋🍀